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Ep. #7 The Moment: Paul Buckley’s Gatorback 1993 Photo

March 21, 2020
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Paul Buckley messed up. He should have been at the finish line. Yet, if he had been paying attention, the photograph above wouldn’t exist. He would have shot an up close ‘guy in the sky’ image and the moment he immortalized would instead be a tale passed down between bench racers with no visual reference to back it up.

This is the audio version of the first story ever published on wewentfast.com, titled, The Moment: Paul Buckley’s Gatorback 1993 Photo. Click that link if you’d rather read it.

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